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07 January 2018

Scrapbooking - Xmas gifts: Albums

Hello hello!

It has been three intense weeks, with lots of orders and with flu! But finally I could made all the projects and I want to show you some, but not all cause some people want to keep their gifts private.

For some reason, waterfall albums have been very successful this Christmas and besides selling some of the album I had already done, I received several orders. Everybody wanted a simple structure with two waterfalls for 13 x 9 cm photos, and magnetic strips to hold the waterfalls. So the only differences are the papers I've used and decoration.

As I didn't know very well the people who ordered the albums, I decided to follow the same line on the outside and not to decorate the covers or the spine too much, keeping the balance. In this case some metallic embellishments also by Tim Holtz and a bit of jute rope was enough. And to finish, all the edges of the covers have a silver touch.

I used Color Washed collection by Paper House for another album, so colorful and with golden foil touches. These papers are so beautiful! I've already used them in some other album and I'm sure I will use them again, cause they have lots of pretty details and positive sentences that I love.

For the cover I just used one of the journal cards of the collection, placing it on top of some other papers to add volume. As the papers are so colorful, I decided not to add anything else. But you can never have enough gold... so I also gave some little touches on the edges of the cover.

Finally I made two albums for the babies of two sisters, using two Fabrika Decoru collections. This brand has some beautiful paper, with good quality and many small details that can be used for decoration, such as cut-outs and small tags.

As the papers are son colorful and with beautiful patterns, I decided to make two Polaroid frames with the baby names for the covers, so the mums can add the best portraits there. They're painted with Distress Oxides and embellished with Glossy Accents. I also added some of the cut-outs around. The closure are made with a magnet strip.

About me

Photographer and creative soul, I love to express myself through my creations and share what I know with you, experimenting with different techniques and mediums. I do that putting my heart on it. That is Meraki!